...call it coincidence....call it the 'sixth sense'...but I just happened to receive this very interesting article...to me in a way... about the state of ' THE ART of THINKING ' as it is today.......enjoy it !

http://edition.cnn.com/WORLD/world.weekly/

a quote from the article :

' Yet he does see the value in having people working with power to effect change: "The classic model of social change is that you need people on the inside talking to people in power and people on the outside shaking up the establishment -- a combination of the two getting results. The good cop, bad cop routine seems to have worked in the past." '

The word ' mockery' kept ringing in my mind....I think mockery is just a way of showing total innabilty of not being able to logically explain the validity of invalidity of a person's point of view or believes......

MOCKERY is in my opinion the only easy available 'raw material' to disguise the frustration of feeling inadequate or unable to find valid arguments against the idea in question.....

........and thanks for your kind thoughts !...:):)

I'm with you. Bring on the Renaissance - The Art of Thinking.

I've tried this and am still licking my wounds. Easier to remain anonymous online.
I think, I explore via internal thought, I rarely share.

Hmmm, does that sound sad to anyone else in thinking distance?

" Bring on the Renaissance '....that sounds really, really good !.....
Somehow it appears that everything is in a total mess...if not near to chaos...pollution keeps growing, no matter what; our present values seem to be a total farce, art is to busy looking at itself in the mirrors of vanity; writers seem to have disappeared or in hiding and are afraid to express their opinions openly in fear of being labelled, scorned or expose themselves to a witch-hunting ... and the writers who have the platform are just to bussy pleasing their audiences...the livestock seems to be contaminated to a point of no return, marine life is dying out because of mankind's total greed, people's talents don't seem to count for anything unless it can produce $$$$ fast..fast..fats...; people don't seem to communicate...because there is no time or simply because they feel misunderstood...or because they are afraid to express their views in fear of persecution however much logic is on their side, and artist who dare to express their views, right or wrong, suddenly have a death warrant hanging on their heads even before they dare to think......and it all seems......."NORMAL' !.....and politicians seem far to busy drinking the intoxicating elixir of power and desperately clintching to it ....power as in power just to rule...not to think as in THINK !

Globalisation.....and the Global Village doesn't seem to work for the very people that is suppose to.....a so called ' ideal ' introduced and pushed by the market against the will of the people in order to fill its coffers and not with the ideal to create understanding between different cultures.....I compare globalization to going into a restaurant where before you had different menus...where before you could choose between exquisite French cuisine, great Italian pasta or Greek , Chinese, Indian, etc, etc .. all with their distinctive flavours and their unique palatal taste...but then... suddenly that restaurant decides to create the ideal and ultimate SUPER DISH ! ....so they combine all the different menus and put all the ingredients indiscriminately together in a huge boiling pot.....without thinking what are the best ingredients of each menu in order to prepare a sound, solid and delightful 'super dish', the ultimate dish and it must taste 'heavenly' !...just imagine what it must taste like all carelessly mixed !...I think that the taste would proof to be a total disaster... putting everyone off...a total tasteless SOUP !....

Cultures in my opinion are beautiful because each and everyone is unique and are as intricate as the human DNA so to speak; it has taken thousands of years to develop in order to become what they are today...all with their unique beauty, traditions and wisdom....but suddenly today's masters seem to know better, if not a lot better that all the wisdom and harmony create by time, trial and error, perseverance and practical knowledge......so indeed....BRING ON THE RENAISSANCE... before is to late !

...hahahha !...and then it should be titled....' The Book of Shadows '... :):)